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....The inventor said he was announcing the extent of his plans after Dyson’s ambition to develop a new form of battery-powered car was accidentally disclosed in a government document last year. Clues to the direction of travel had come when Dyson, which made its name with the bagless vacuum cleaner and later its “airblade” hand dryers, announced an investment of £1bn in battery technology last year. ...
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.... We’ll leave the two sides’ lawyers to chew over the details of the incident and ask a different question. How is that the AA, which ought to be the model of a dull and reliable investment, has performed so dreadfully for shareholders?. ...
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.... This is despite the economy posting its lowest levels of unemployment since the mid-1970s. Set against a backdrop of disappointing economic news, the sharp language used by the Bank this month to signal a potential hike in the “coming months” is surprising, according to analysts at the investment bank Goldman Sachs. ...
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....The US business organisation added that the initiatives had been floated by Brussels last week without any assessment of the impact and that they “could both harm the competitiveness of the EU and jeopardise international efforts to tackle tax issues if they are not subject to very broad multilateral agreement”. A statement said: “Turnover taxes, as proposed by some member states, can substantially reduce the amount of company profits available for investment and reinvestment, with a negative effect on jobs and growth. ...
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. Newcastle United and Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley’s personal investment firm’s profits nearly halved last year after a difficult period for both of his main assets. ...
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.... We’ll leave the two sides’ lawyers to chew over the details of the incident and ask a different question. How is that the AA, which ought to be the model of a dull and reliable investment, has performed so dreadfully for shareholders?. ...

....The inventor said he was announcing the extent of his plans after Dyson’s ambition to develop a new form of battery-powered car was accidentally disclosed in a government document last year. Clues to the direction of travel had come when Dyson, which made its name with the bagless vacuum cleaner and later its “airblade” hand dryers, announced an investment of £1bn in battery technology last year. ...

....The US business organisation added that the initiatives had been floated by Brussels last week without any assessment of the impact and that they “could both harm the competitiveness of the EU and jeopardise international efforts to tackle tax issues if they are not subject to very broad multilateral agreement”. A statement said: “Turnover taxes, as proposed by some member states, can substantially reduce the amount of company profits available for investment and reinvestment, with a negative effect on jobs and growth. ...

.... This is despite the economy posting its lowest levels of unemployment since the mid-1970s. Set against a backdrop of disappointing economic news, the sharp language used by the Bank this month to signal a potential hike in the “coming months” is surprising, according to analysts at the investment bank Goldman Sachs. ...

....The private finance initiative was the live now, pay later method of building hospitals, schools and other bits of public infrastructure. Governments that were short of cash could get companies to put up the cost of shiny new investment and pay the money back in instalments over many decades. ...

....Later, at a sometimes testy evening fringe event at the conference, McDonnell and Fairbairn clashed in person over Labour’s plans, with the CBI head saying she feared that a “major state intervention agenda” with policies such as nationalisation, rising corporation tax and a maximum wage could exacerbate uncertainty arising from Brexit. She said: “That is the question: how you square the commitment around investment, which we share, with this apparent dampening and chilling effect on entrepreneurship, on business and investors? And the world is watching. ...

....Imagination said it had talked to a number of potential purchasers, adding that there may be another takeover offer from an second unnamed bidder. The deal agreed with Canyon Bridge excludes Imagination’s US unit MIPS, which is being sold to Tallwood Venture Capital, a Palo Alto-based investment group, for $65m. ...

.... A group of 20 British riders is seeking compensation in a similar employment tribunal case. The new investment has also been unveiled just days after it emerged that the Deliveroo founder, Will Shu, handed himself a 22. ...

.... You would be wrong. The OBR makes forecasts showing us the path for interest rates, inflation, employment, wages, business investment and tax receipts based on the Treasury’s plans, however crazy they might be. ...

....Here we come to the nub of the crisis, induced by our so-called leaders’ lame acceptance of a referendum result so close that Nigel Farage would have demanded another vote if it had gone the other way. While so much of the publicity seems to be devoted to the cost of the “exit bill”, the real cost lies with all the uncertainty that the prospect of Brexit has provoked: vital economic actors are leaving town and country; investment and trade are suffering; and a divided, second-rate government, which is making a false show of unity, continues to live in a fantasy world where we can enjoy all the benefits of the largest trading group in the world and none of the responsibilities. ...

....The Bank of England has nevertheless said it is likely to raise interest rates at its next meeting on 2 November in the expectation that full employment will raise wage rates and keep inflation above its 2% target next year. Bank chiefs have forecast that stronger exports will help offset weaker business investment and uncertain consumer demand. ...

....5m on legal fees, partly because of the food delivery firm’s battle over pay and conditions for its thousands of couriers. Shu, a former investment banker who set up Deliveroo from his London flat in 2013, increased his salary to £124,999 and handed out close to £4. ...

....Creditors of Lehman Brothers are on track for a turbocharged windfall after the collapsed bank announced it is selling its stake in Nasdaq-listed Formula One auto racing, giving it a payout of $1. 5bn from a $300m investment. ...

....“We believe the government should go much further, and set out a plan to abolish the leasehold system over time. There are no redeeming qualities to the leasehold system, which is so complex and confusing to the public that partial reforms will mean it will remain a vehicle for unscrupulous landlords and investment companies to unfairly make money from homeowners. ...

....“This suggests that the chancellor should have room for some easing of austerity in his budget in November. This could involve extra money for priorities such as the NHS, social care, housing and infrastructure investment as well as some further relaxation of the public sector pay cap,” he said. ...

....Google has sought to beef up its hardware capability with deals and product launches, and last year hired Rick Osterloh, a former Motorola executive, to run its hardware division. “For Google, this agreement further reinforces its commitment to smartphones and overall investment in its emerging hardware business,” the search giant said in a statement. ...

.... There are three big plants here – Port Talbot in south Wales, Ijmuiden in the Netherlands and Duisburg in Germany. Current commitments to all three are being maintained, but internal competition for long-term investment will only intensify. ...

. Italy, France and Germany will grow faster than Britain next year as Brexit uncertainty continues to weigh on consumer confidence and deter much-needed business investment, according to the latest economic forecasts by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. ...

.... This would create the second biggest steel business in Europe, which could deliver significant benefits for the UK. “As always, the devil will be in the detail and we are seeking further assurances on jobs, investment and future production across the UK operations. ...

.... A co-founder is another committed financial partner and someone who is likely to bring a vitally different skillset and will be a source of support when the going gets tough. Research by the Kauffman Foundation in the US suggests that co-founder teams can attract 30% more investment and can increase their customer base more quickly, improving business survival rates. ...

. Bidders for UK stock market listed companies must lay out more detailed plans for their target, including location of its head office and research and development investment, under proposed rules put forward by the takeover watchdog and backed by the government. ...

....It is thought that initially fewer than 100 XL posts will be created in Dublin, where the Bermuda-registered company has operated since 1990. The Irish minister for business, enterprise and innovation, Frances Fitzgerald, said on Tuesday it was making “strenuous efforts to ensure the right conditions” were created in Ireland for continued investment across the financial services sector. ...

.... These proposals are miles away from radical ideas such as re-setting voting rights to favour long-term investors. And business secretary Greg Clark’s policies to address “national security concerns that can arise from foreign investment” are awaited. ...

....The report also warns that increasing automation could deepen economic inequality and “demographic biases could become further entrenched”. It argues that to avoid this policymakers should take control of the development of the technology by creating an ethical framework to guide the behaviour of AI and to encourage investment in “benevolent technology that enriches the worker experience”. ...

....A new group led by investors and leading figures from the City of London has been brought together by the government to draw up measures to encourage “green finance” in the UK. The Green Finance Taskforce will have six months to come up with proposals on how to increase investment in the low-carbon economy and will work with banks and other financial institutions. ...

.... In 2015 we secured $60m (£38m) of funding for the business [from Partech Ventures and Fidelity Growth Ventures]. As a business we have always been very cash efficient – so that [£38m investment] is probably enough for the foreseeable future. ...

....A secret agreement, however, granted Airbus the right to buy the UAE businessman out at any time, effectively seizing control of the company. In exchange, the businessman received a generous annual dividend equivalent to 20% of his total investment. ...

.... The reopening brings back the same number of jobs over the next five years as were lost in the closure. The investment, which is also backed by £550,000 from the Welsh government, comes at a time when manufacturers face growing uncertainty over Brexit. ...

....NICE SPREAD. Chase de Vere certified financial planner Patrick Connolly says the largest chunk of your investments should be in your home country, as this is familiar territory and you also avoid foreign currency risk: “You should then balance it with a blend of overseas stock market funds, combined with other asset classes such as cash, bonds and property. ...

....Dimitri Zenghelis, a former head of economic forecasting at the Treasury, argued in August last year for such a package, and his reasoning remains valid now. He argued that such a spending programme could help to bridge any shortfall in investment by businesses facing the uncertainty of Britain leaving Europe. ...

.... Last March, the company reported its fifth consecutive year of losses amid weak demand for its clothes, store closures and competition in the sector. Sports Direct bought out activist investors, including Gatemore Capital Management – a London-based hedge fund that had an 8% stake – and OTK, an investment firm that owned about 7%, to add to its existing 11% stake. ...

. When the boss of Wall Street’s biggest bank calls a bubble, the world inevitably sits up and listens, albeit with a sense of historically weighted irony: of course an investment bank boss would spot disaster after his industry presided over the last one. ...

.... "And our forecast is for rates to rise a further three times next year, as the economy performs better than the MPC’s forecasts currently envisage. "The group believes the economy is at a turning point where trade and business investment will increase over the coming months, prompting rising inflation and further rate hikes from the Bank. ...

....To the delight of many, nonetheless, Tsipras, the man who set Europe ablaze with Marxist ideology and anti-austerity rage back in the heady days of January 2015, is becoming more pragmatic by the day. The 42-year-old’s embrace of the free-market policies he once abhorred was cemented last Sunday, when he announced that he would personally oversee the foreign investment drive now viewed as key to curing the curse of Greece’s unemployment rate. ...

....For Nestlé, the acquisition of Blue Bottle adds to its multi-billion coffee holdings that includes Nestle and Nespresso and comes during a period of consolidation in the specialist coffee market. In 2015, Stumptown Coffee Roasters was sold to JAB Holdings, while La Colombe received investment from Chobani yogurt pioneer Hamdi Ulukaya. ...

....Bitcoin is the first, and the biggest, "cryptocurrency" – a decentralised tradable digital asset. Whether it's a bad investment is the $70bn question (literally, since that's the current value of all bitcoins in existence). ...

....The calculations come as parliament’s education select committee announced it is to hold hearings next month on value for money in higher education, including the controversial issue of high pay among vice-chancellors and senior academics. “We want to examine to what extent the individual student and the taxpayer receives value for money for this considerable financial investment,” said Robert Halfon, the Conservative MP who chairs the committee. ...

....The issue of the limited charging point infrastructure is cited by many carmakers at Frankfurt as a barrier to electric car takeup. Steven Armstrong, Ford’s president in Europe, said investment was needed in ageing infrastructure. ...

....”. Separately, it has emerged that Heather Kerzner, the fiancee of London-based Bell Pottinger’s ex-chief executive James Henderson, has hired lawyers to investigate how to get back some of her significant investment in the PR firm. ...

....” If bitcoin becomes a threat to government tax revenue, the law will move in on the companies and individuals operating in the space. But given the multibillion-dollar investment that has gone in, the US government would have the most almighty legal fight on its hands if it tries to make bitcoin illegal. ...

....Austerity budgets adopted by governments across the world since the 2008 financial crash are to blame for undermining the job security of millions of workers and threatening the progress made by women in the workplace, according to a UN report. The threat to jobs from the growing use of robots and artificial intelligence has been exacerbated by a lack of government investment and lack of state support for skills training, the report also said. ...

....Ending austerity is a basic prerequisite of any new deal. It implies not only using fiscal policy to manage demand conditions, and making full employment a central policy goal – but also using monetary expansion to finance public investments that create inclusive and sustainable results. ...

.... It’s a term for the trend by which Wall Street and its way of thinking have come to reign supreme in America, permeating not just the financial industry but all American business. It includes everything from the growth in size and scope of the financial sector itself, which creates only 4% of US jobs but takes about a quarter of corporate profits, to the rise in risky, debt-fueled trading, to the way in which businesses in all industries have come to emulate finance, pouring more money into the buying and selling of existing assets, and less into productive investment in things such as research and development or worker training. ...

. James Murdoch has warned the government not to turn its back on 21st Century Fox’s bid for Sky as the UK prepares to leave the European Union, claiming Brexit makes it more important than ever that the country attracts investment. ...

. Former shareholders in Northern Rock are asking Theresa May to listen to their moral case for compensation after their investment in the Newcastle-based lender was wiped out when it was nationalised 10 years ago. ...

....Purpose-built blocks of rental homes are common in other countries such as the US, Germany and France. They are a relatively new phenomenon in Britain, but are fast becoming a hot investment for property developers and City firms such as Legal & General, which are eager to tap into the rising trend for long-term renting. ...

....The MPs argue that if this overseas sales revenue is lost it will mean far fewer top quality British TV shows and films being made, and will threaten tens of thousands jobs. “Any intervention by the European commission which undermines the ability to license on an exclusive territorial basis will lead to less investment in new productions and reduce the quality and range of content available to UK and EU consumers,” said John McVay, the chief executive of Pact, the UK body representing independent TV and film production companies. ...

....Bitcoin is a fraud that will ultimately blow up, according to JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon, who said the digital currency was only fit for use by drug dealers, murderers and people living in places such as North Korea. Speaking at a conference in New York, the boss of America’s biggest bank said he would fire “in a second” anyone at the investment bank found to be trading in bitcoin. ...

....Vue has 212 sites in 10 countries, making it the sixth largest cinema operator in the world and the biggest outside the US. The cinema group, which has its headquarters in the UK, appointed investment banks Rothschild and JP Morgan earlier this summer to explore strategic options and is valued at up to £1. ...

....Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, said Labour supported offshore wind but wanted to see windfarms built off the coast that were publicly owned by the UK. “Labour not only supports investment and real proactive support for the renewables sector but we also commit to ensuring more rapid growth and diversification of ownership within this important sector through the creation of publicly owned and locally accountable energy companies and co-operatives,” she said. ...

.... . Darius McDermott, managing director of investment platform FundCalibre, said if inflation continues at today’s rate for three years it would erode £1,000 in a cash account to just £920 in real terms. ...

....2bn a year to pay for the higher costs of employing more public sector workers on higher rates of pay. These are chunky figures and would throw a spanner in the works of Hammond’s preparations for his first major budget on 22 November, which according to those close to the chancellor, is focused almost entirely on his plans for skills training, overhauling university fees, infrastructure spending and public investment more generally. ...

....Andreas Schleicher, the education director of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), endorsed the English system in which students pay annual tuition fees of £9,000 through loans, saying it had provided sustainability to the sector which had been able to expand as a result. But he sounded a note of caution about outcomes for students, warning that earnings for UK graduates did not provide as good a return on their investment in their education as elsewhere in OECD countries. ...

.... But following a crackdown by regulators around the world, bitcoin values have slumped, with the price plummeting from $4,950 at the start of September to below $4,300, although it remains substantially up on the year. “ICOs are very high-risk, speculative investments,” said the FCA. ...

....”. Boeing has objected to Bombardier’s deal with Delta, which the American plane maker claims was bolstered by a $1bn (£750m) investment bailout from the Quebec provincial government in Canada. ...

....1bn) – increased their wealth. A further 22% reported no change to their wealth, according to a report by family office researchers Campden Wealth and Swiss investment bank UBS published on Tuesday. ...

.... One trusts his resignation letter, assuming it’s being drafted, will adopt a humbler tone when explaining to investors how Carillion’s “progressive” dividend policy progressed to zero. “If I were able to give you an investment recommendation it would be to invest in a company that is planing to open international schools in Frankfurt. ...

....Residents in the historic duchy-owned village of Newton St Loe, near Bath, and in the Scilly Isles off the tip of Cornwall have urged the communities secretary, Sajid Javid, to scrap a unique ministerial undertaking that for decades has denied them the right to buy homes outright because they are part of the duchy, which provides Charles with a £20m-a-year private income. Charles is the sole beneficiary of the duchy’s property and investment portfolio, which among other things funds the upkeep of his Gloucestershire mansion, Highgrove, the lifestyles of Princes William and Harry and even Prince George’s £18,000 preparatory school fees. ...

.... The eurozone, he argues, needs its own finance minister and parliament. It requires a budget in the hundreds of billions of euros to underwrite investment projects and augment spending in countries with high unemployment, Macron insists. ...

.... Two-thirds of the compensation figure is based on his estimate of what Unique could have been worth today, with the remainder to cover the loss of speaking engagements, the fire-sale of assets – including his vintage car collection and image rights – as well as the emotional toll of the episode. He told the Mail on Sunday that “HBOS had robbed me of my marriage, my family, my businesses, my longstanding friend and business partner, my income, my investments, my self-respect, my reputation, my privacy, my physical and mental health. ...

.... Even so, it’s one thing to lose a vote: it’s another to do so without being seen to try, especially in these circumstances. Retail investors may fairly wonder if they’re getting value for money from the investment industry, which claims great insight and influence alongside the promotion of good governance. ...

.... . Tom Selby, senior analyst at online investment platform AJ Bell, says without a reciprocal deal the same could happen to British expats in Europe: “The value of annual increases in the state pension should not be underestimated as they could run into tens of thousands of pounds over the course of a person’s retirement. ...

....I made similar arguments in my book The State We’re In 20 years ago and have attended many such launches ever since, often graced by bishops and some daring business executives prepared to break cover and speak out. It’s the same story of underinvestment; a woeful track record on R&D; overemphasis on high, short-term profits; an incredibly poor record on productivity and stagnating real wages. ...

....So once the uncertainty is out of the way, the UK should find a method for letting EU migrants stay for longer than is the case in the hard Brexit proposals. Then firms could implement investment plans that had been put on hold and reap the benefits. ...

.... On 30 August the Financial Services Compensation Scheme issued a warning that, contrary to what some might think, it does not provide protection for individuals who have a funeral plan with a provider that fails. This is because the plans are not categorised as a “designated investment” under FSCS compensation rules. ...

. The man who co-founded the investment company Hargreaves Lansdown above a firm of estate agents in 1981, and is now worth £2bn after floating it on the stock exchange, is launching a fund management group called Blue Whale. ...

....Nor is it satisfactory simply to ignore the perceived or real problems around immigration; the political class has lost respect and authority by doing just that. There clearly is need to take investment in skills training and continuing education for British workers much more seriously. ...

.... And it means having in place adequate response plans, including for evacuation. Effective government investments and strong regulations are needed to ensure each of these outcomes, regardless of the prevailing political culture in Texas and elsewhere. ...